left-hand lead/left-hand drive/left-hand running

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There seems to be some confusion here,
By left hand drive I assume you mean having the engineer sitting on the
left  hand side of the cab.  AFAIK The North Western was the only
American road that ran left-handed on double track  I don't know about
their steam locomotives but they bought diesels with the engineer on the
right side.
Left hand lead is another matter.  Normally the piston on the right side
started its stroke before the one on the l.eft  - right hand lead

The PRR was the only road I know of that used left-hand lead.
Ed King


On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 7:01 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Well, this has definitely sparked some interest and I have perhaps learned
> something. Jimmy Lisle reminds us the C&NW was a left-hand running road and
> that I knew, but if I have mistaken that for the left-hand drive as it may,
> then I stand corrected. However, are we sure that no other roads may have
> been left-hand drive per se? As I have thunked about it, no one chimed in
> on the NY Central and as I am starting to recall they were right-hand drive
> but used a screw type mechanism for their power-reverse at least on some if
> not all of their Huidson types. Anyone care to chime in on that one, but
> still unanswered, were any American RR's left-hand drive.
>
> As for left-lead/right-hand lead and I presume you meant for the power
> reverse, Ken, my apologies but that wasn't my intent here. This may spark
> some additional comments but I seem to recall reading the Pennsy at one
> time was different than other roads in that regard; am I correct on this
> one?
>
> Bob Cohen
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